Arithmetic - math word problems

  1. On the tree
    vrabce_1 15 squids and sparrows sat on the tree. Sparrows were 8 less than squids. How many sparrows were sitting at the tree?
  2. Garden
    flowers2_3 The garden grows 312 roses and 389 tulips. Which flowers are more? How many?
  3. Book
    books_6 Jitka read on holidays book that has 180 pages. In the first week read 45 pages. In the second week she read 15 pages more than the first week. How many pages left to read it yet?
  4. Series and sequences
    seq_sum Find a fraction equivalent to the recurring decimal? 0.435643564356
  5. Parabola 3
    parabola_2 Find the equation of a parabola with its focus at (0,2) and its vertex at the origin. ?
  6. Thermometer
    teplomer_2 thermometer showed -12 degrees Celsius at the morning then the temperature rises by 4 degrees and later again increased by 2 degrees at the evening has fallen by 5 degrees and then fall 3 degrees. What end temperature does the thermometer show?
  7. Money split
    20eur Anton and Ferko got 2,500 euros together. The amount was split in 1:4 ratio. How much did each get?
  8. MO Z8–I–6 2018
    lich_1 In the KLMN trapeze, KL has a 40 cm base and an MN of 16 cm. Point P lies on the KL line so that the NP segment divides the trapezoid into two parts with the same area. Find the length of the KP line.
  9. Shirt
    tricko Mrs. Vítková bought each of his three children the same shirt paid CZK 1,000. Saleswoman she returned 568,60 CZK. What was the price of one shirt?
  10. Quarters
    usd_2 How many meters is a quarter of a kilometer? How many centimeters is a quarter of a meter, how many cents is a quarter of the euro?
  11. Big number
    modulo_1 hat is the remainder when dividing number 10 to 47 - 111 by number 9?
  12. Solve equation
    hrusky_2 solve equation: ?
  13. Dividing by five and ten
    divide Number 5040 divide by the number 5 and by number 10: a = 5040: 5 b = 5040: 10
  14. Diagonals
    rhombus_3 A diagonal of a rhombus is 20 cm long. If it's one side is 26 cm find the length of the other diagonal.
  15. Points on line segment
    segment Points P & Q belong to segment AB. If AB=a, AP = 2PQ = 2QB, find the distance: between point A and the midpoint of the segment QB.
  16. Unknown number 17
    5to2 Milada said, I am thinking of a number such that I evaluate expression x1/3, the value of the expression would be 5. Which number Milada thinking?
  17. Flowers
    flowers2 The flower has six flowers and each flower has a number. These are the numbers: 20,40,39,28,8,9. What number will be in the middle of the flower so that the numbers come from the flowers when we subtract and add?
  18. Product of the sum and difference
    numbers2_26 Calculate the product of the sum and difference of numbers -7 and -2.
  19. Multiples
    numbers2_7 Find all multiples of 10 that are larger than 136 and smaller than 214.
  20. Pie
    pie_1 Vili ate three pieces of pie . If it piece is 1/8 how much pie did he eat?

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